Extends sunset for Task Force on Drought Emergency Response. Applies retroactively. Validates lawful actions taken, or lawful obligations incurred, on or after original sunset date and prior to effective date of Act. Requires task force to report findings on or before November 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Investment Department to be supervised by Chief Executive Officer appointed by Oregon Investment Council. Specifies duties, functions and powers of department. Transfers duties of State Treasurer as investment officer to department. Establishes Oregon Investment Department Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department for expenses of department and council. Exempts department and council from certain laws regulating governmental entities. Specifies that moneys expended by department out of Oregon Investment Department Fund are not subject to expenditure limitation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Repeals provision establishing peer review committee for purpose of evaluating complaints against naturopathic physicians and making recommendations to Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine about those complaints.
Prohibits printing or circulation of imitation voters' pamphlet unless pamphlet is clearly marked as unofficial. Establishes fine of up to $10,000 for violation.
Reduces personal income tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes Governor to enter into agreement with another state for purpose of cross-jurisdictional coordination and enforcement of marijuana-related businesses. Specifies that under laws of other state, production, processing, sale and testing of marijuana items must be lawful. Specifies that borders of this state must abut borders of other state. Prohibits transporting marijuana items through use of navigable airspace, through use of any mode of transportation subject solely to federal regulation and through any state or territory of United States that is not party to agreement.
For purposes of corporate minimum tax, modifies bracket applicable to taxpayers with lowest amounts of Oregon sales by increasing upper threshold amount. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on the Every Student Succeeds Act. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2017. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Creates exceptions to limitation on liability for certain farming and forest practices for actions for serious harm to human health and loss of use of residential property or domestic drinking water. Exempts actions alleging nuisance or trespass arising from use of pesticide from provisions requiring award of attorney fees to prevailing party.
Requires each public university to participate annually in national study of university instructional costs and productivity. Requires participation in survey to include creating list of colleges or universities most similar to public university and using list to generate customized peer analysis. Requires list and peer analysis to be included in public university's biennial funding request. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits remedies and penalties for certain wage and hour violations. Prohibits employee who claims that employer failed to pay certain wages during employment from seeking additional remedy for failure to pay unpaid wages at time of employee's separation from employment for same or substantially similar alleged violation.
Subjects office of Secretary of State and office of State Treasurer to authority of State Chief Information Officer concerning information systems security matters. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
